The Killing of Butterfly Joe
24 January 2019Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'Wonderful entertainment' – The Times
'Larger-than-life fun' – Daily Mail
'A wild-eyed road trip across America, filled with colourful characters, crazy anecdotes, sparky dialogue' – Big Issue
'I killed Joe once, in a manner of speaking. But not twice. Not in the way you mean.'
Llew Jones wanted to see the States and write about the experience. Then he met Joe Bosco, a butterfly...
Details
24 January 2019352 pages
9781509816163Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A wonderful entertainment . . . a thoroughly readable and appealingly eccentric bookThe Times
An exuberant, coming-of-age romp . . . a bittersweet comedy of sentimental education . . . larger-than-life funDaily Mail
A wild-eyed road trip across America, filled with colourful characters, crazy anecdotes, sparky dialogue . . . Brook’s writing remains as considered and enchanting as ever. And it’s funny too, which is always a wonderful thingBig Issue
A boldly unique book with an adventure story at its core . . . the biggest joy of this novel is in the brilliantly teased out sense of dread that starts the moment you pick up the book and read the title . . . a beautiful story, and beautifully told too . . . This novel is an adventure in every sense of the wordculturefly.com
